The Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) announced on Sunday its plan to launch the electronic wallet for Smart Card users.
The wallet is part of many projects to be launched as part of Smart Card facilities, including allowing access to medical reports and history of cardholders through those cards.
Head of CIO, Dr Mohammed Ahmed Al Amer, said that the electronic wallet comes hand in hand with the e-government portal that encourages e-payments for many government fees and services. Al Amer said that the move is considered as a big step towards activation of e-government services. He pointed out that this service would keep people from carrying large amounts of money with them.
“To achieve and ensure safety and secrecy of the electronic wallet, we followed several systems, procedures and technologies that work on separating applications of the Smart Card and the electronic payment services through a protective wall,” he said. The electronic wallet service provides an account and a password. It could be recharged through electronic payment systems.
The Smart Card is also used for Bahrainis travelling to other GCC countries. The Smart Card issued to the citizens and the residents of the kingdom, is an electronic card, which contains a variety of information about the holder of the card. The Smart Card allows secure verification of the holder’s identity.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Suad Hamada
Quelle/Source: Khaleej Times, 31.05.2011
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